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Fri
07
Aug

Golf Tournament benefits Texas Children's Hospital

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Rachel and Cody Revel reveal to a crowd that the benefit raised $44,000 for Texas Children's Hospital, in memory of their son, Wyatt Ray Revel.
   Wyatt Ray Revel only spent a few days on this earth, but, with some help from his parents, he’s still making a big impact.
   Rachel and Cody Revel organized the second annual “Teeing Up For Wyatt” golf tournament on August 1, which also included a live auction, a silent auction, and live music. The event raised $44,000 to benefit Texas Children’s Hospital, where Wyatt spent his short life.
   “Two years ago, we lost our son,” said Cody Revel, “He was at Texas Children’s Hospital, and it was such an amazing place.    We wanted to do something to honor him. This year [the event] has gotten even bigger.”
   The fundraiser, which was wrapped up at the end of the night with musical performances by Austin Meade and The Scott Taylor Band, raised $29,000 more than it did last year, and Rachel noted that her son’s birthday was on July 29.
Thu
06
Aug

Still no decision for fire department

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The Edna City Council postponed a decision on the future of its paid fire department to allow council members time to look at another possible solution. The city council met in a packed council chambers earlier this evening, Aug. 6.

Councilman Doug Kelley asked council to fund the fire department for one more year to give themselves time to come up with a solution other than turning it over to ESD3 or possibly eliminating  the department. Kelley said if the city could come up with $275K annually to fund the fire department there would be no reason to get rid of it. 

Council agreed to meet on Monday, Aug. 15 at 5 p.m. for another budget workshop and to consider an amended budget prepared by Kurt Janica, assistant fire chief for the Edna fire department that cut firefighters salaries, some by as much as $6,000 a year. 

See the Aug. 12 issue for the complete story.

Thu
06
Aug

Troopers seize large amount of Methamphetamine near Ganado

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   An man and a woman are in jail after a routine traffic stop turned into a large meth bust on August 6 on US Highway 59 northbound, about half a mile north of TA truck stop in Ganado. 
   State Trooper Matthew Cornett said he suspected illegal trafficking based on the conflicting stories of the driver and passenger of the vehicle. He asked the owner of the vehicle to consent to a search.
   "In my training and experience, I believed there was behavior consistent with trafficking of illegal contraband," he said, "the owner who was female gave me consent to search the vehicle and I began to ask her further, and told her I believed that there was something else going on. I asked her if she would be honest with me about it. Then she told me, yes, there was illegal contraband in the vehicle."

Fri
31
Jul

Southbrooke residents and staff prepare for prom

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   Residents at Southbrooke Manor are in for a treat on June 31. The nursing home is giving them a prom, and local businesses and volunteers have banded together to make it an amazing experience. 
   Activities director Kelvin Turner said an employee saw on the news that another nursing home had thrown one for their residents, and brought the idea to him. 
   “Our theme is Hollywood, a night on the red carpet,” he said.
   Quite a bit of planning and preparation went into this particular activity, and Turner said he is grateful for everyone who helped.
   “I’d like to thank the Parlour,” he said, “They were a big, big help. They gave us a big tote full of prom dresses. We have a DJ and a photographer coming also. We have someone coming to do hair, and hopefully someone coming to do makeup. Helping Hands, too – we went there and found some clothes.”
Thu
30
Jul

Adams aces the ACT test

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James Adams, an incoming senior at Industrial High School, made a perfect score on his ACT test
   Industrial High School incoming senior James Adams was confident going into the ACT test that he would do well. He had prepared fully, and it included his best subject, science. He did not expect to open an email congratulating him for his perfect score.
   "I went into this thinking 'Yes. Now I can do well.' I was not expecting a 36," he said, "I just kind of jumped up and did a little happy dance." 
   James' mother, Cynthia Adams, who is the principal of Industrial Elementary West in Inez, said they were sitting around the living room talking about it when he just made a comment that he should check his email for his scores, and when he did, the whole family was floored.
   "He started researching it," she said, "he was like 'let me see how many people do that,' and he started reading all this data to us."
Wed
29
Jul

Hilcorp gets permits to continue with CO2 project

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   Hilcorp Energy has received permits from the Railroad Commission to move forward with their CO2 injection project on West Ranch. The company has been met with some resistance from various organizations and individuals, although most say it isn’t the CO2 injection poject isn’t the issue itself, but they would like to either see it done differently or be given more information regarding safeguards in place to protect the groundwater in Vanderbilt. 
   Tony Williams, Industrial ISD superintendent said the district filed protests to the furthering of the project for three reasons. 
   “We would like to know they are doing their due diligence in checking all the old wells out at West Ranch prior to the project.  [There are] many very old casings and plugs.”
Tue
28
Jul

ESD3 to meet tonight to discuss future of fire department

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Jackson County Emergency Services District 3 will have a public meeting tonight at 6 p.m. at City Hall in Edna. On the agenda is to receive a report from the City of Edna regarding EMS/fire services, discuss creating a reserve account for the ESD's surplus funds, receive an update on the City of Edna's deliberations regarding the EMS/fire services and discuss the District's options in the event the city decides to discontinue said services. Public comments will be allowed at the beginning of the meeting, but are limited to 3 minutes per person.

Tue
28
Jul

Future of Edna fire department to be decided by task force

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The fate of the Edna Fire Department will be discussed between two city council members and two ESD 3 commissioners.
The city has been discussing the future of the paid fire department after being hit by larger than normal expenses and a $900,000 budget deficit last year.
Don Doering, Edna city manager, suggested to council at the July 27 budget meeting that a task force made up of representatives from both entities.
“Two years ago, the city and the ESD3 entered into an interlocal agreement that will end on Sept. 30,” Doering said. “I suggest a task force made up of representatives from the council and representatives from the Emergency Services District meet as soon as possible to work out a method of the ESD taking over operations and contract of emergency services.”
Doering told those in attendance that it was a budget workshop and not a regular meeting. 
Mon
27
Jul

Storm drainage a priority for Ganado council

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   When Tropical Storm Bill dumped nearly 14 inches of rain on the city of Ganado in less than 24 hours, it became abundantly clear to the city council where the worst drainage problems were.
   According to Mayor Clinton Tegeler, south Second St., right next to the downtown area, will get some major drainage attention in the upcoming year as a result of a collaborative effort between the city and the Ganado Community Development Corporation. 
   Tegeler said all of the new drainage the city has done so far worked really well, but “when all the outlets are completely backed up, you can have 30 foot ditches and the water isn’t going anywhere.”
He said there were only about five houses that actually got water in them, but the city drains much better with recent projects.
   Not all neighborhoods can be helped, he added. 
   “Some neighborhoods would have to be raised a few feet to fix the problem,” he said.
Fri
24
Jul

Drilling variances granted by Groundwater District

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   The Texana Groundwater Board of Directors met on July 16, and discussed recent guidelines set in place that require 50 feet of cement casing for new water wells, five times more than was previously on the books.
   The board took questions and listened to points made by drillers and citizens regarding how much cement casing was necessary, and what kinds of variances should be allowed, depending on what type of well was being drilled. 
   Board members promised to find a solution that was acceptable for drillers, customers, and the groundwater district alike, while drillers proposed situations where 50 feet of cement would be necessary, and others when it would not. 

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